Columbus Catholic High School - Compass Yearbook (Marshfield, WI)

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QUR BISHCP 'S HIS EXCELLENCY The Most Reverend John P. Treacy,, S.T,D BISHOP OF LACROSSE ..,.v

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My dear members of the semor Class of 1951 of Columbus Hlgh school lt glves me great splrltual satlsfactlon as well as much personal Joy to send you thls note Th1s lS true largely because you are ploneers and such people always make hlstory Vt hen we declded several years ago to enlarge salnt John s Hlgh school at Marshfleld and lncorporate lt as a standard and complete four year hloh school we reallzed that we ne ded a great deal of splrltual moral and materlal help Knowmg well the splendid splrlt of Cathollclsm ln Marshfleld and lts nelghbormg commun1t1es and wlth 19 o lppreclatlon for the great prlest and nun who hive oe n tr smrltual leaders 1n these communltlcs l x 1th the developm nt of your school surely everythmg ln cn nn ct1or wlth Columbus Hloh school lS a proof that lf we have enouoh true falth and trust entlrely ln our Dlvlne Lord He wlll bless the work and ormg lt to a successful concluslon Does the Holy Book not t ach us that Unless th lord bulld the house th y llbor ln valn that bu1ld 1t '? Columbus H1gh school lS a brllllant example of the guldance of our Lord and the Holy sp1r1t You are m lklng h1story also ln the mauguratlon of your annual ln publlshlng the flrst volume of THE CCMPA Ss You are the flrst class to graduate havlng completed four years of hlgh school work You are the f1rst class to be graduated from the beautlful new audltorlum of the new Columbus Hlgh school May you also be hlstory makers ln a new and more mtlmate personal l1v1ng of the Cathollc way of llfe May the blesslng of our Dlvlne lord be upon the flrst graduates of Columbus Hlgh school 1n a very speclal way and may that blessmg remam w1th you all throughout very day of your llves It 1S a great honor and a slngular pleasure to send you my speclal blesslng Devotedly ln Chr1st's Name ,,,,..... 4- ElShOp of La Crosse Feast of st Ellzabeth of Hungary 1951 1 I 's.. 5' for t , 4 . . , , , K V . . 7 ' 1 ' , . , . . . L, C' - .U N , . g i Q c , 1 ' . , I s ls ' . le ' ' 1 , did not hesitate to be bold again for Christ's sake and to go ahead V. 9 . rw ' U. U ti ' 1 , , , . ' , e 9 ' ' ' fc A Ep . . y , . g . . , A . ' r . .. . . ,-1 . I . f-1 . . . . . 3 . . 7 'W I . I ., . Q 7

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R PRI CIPAL Very Rev Hugh J Deeny Your COMPASS IS a beautiful book Take at with you Keep nt wlth you It wlll recall memories of tumes you enloyed whnle you were a student at Columbus Hugh School Your COMPASS will do more than lust recall pleasant memorles The name wull recall the dlrectlon glven your llfe whsle you were un school The real compass of your llfe must be the faith that has been That fanth must be the guide through all the storms and calms of the hte ahead The destmatlon of our voyage ns set by faath, it IS too easy for the slren song of the world about us to tempt us to stop mldway In our voyage or to sanl to other and more allurmg ports short of our real destlnatlon let the COMPASS be a remlnder to you that there IS only one shore to whlch all must sall, let the compass of falth take you to the sh'ortest safest and most direct route to your home port Heaven God bless you and prosper your tourney' planted in your soul, and that has grown during your school days.